STUDIO SALE NOV. 30 & DEC. 5

  

(with apologies to Mr. Shakespeare…)

TO BROWSE, TO SHOP, TO SHOP, 

PERHAPS TO BUY…

Looking for a low-stress, high-interest place to find unique, original gifts for the folks on your gift list? You can’t beat the studios and galleries at The Northrup King Building. Sculpture, jewelry,  honey, paintings…and more. We’ll be open from noon - 4:00 pm. There’s lots of free parking…and none of the hectic chaos of the shopping malls.

it’s a sale!

My greeting cards will be 50% off, including cards suitable for the season (everything from sweet to snarky). I’ve also marked my botanical watercolor and graphites down by 50%. (In other words, cards are $2.00 + tax; botanicals $35 matted,- $55 framed). 

Can’t make it? My sale will also be going on the first Thur. of December: 

12/5, 5:00-9:00 pm.)
Gallery 427
Northrup King Bldg
1500 Jackson St., N.E.
Mpls., MN 55413

ART ATTACK 2011

"International Harvester"

acrylic on canvas
5" x 5"
framed $125
unframed $85

“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.”
Martin Luther King, Jr., in “Strength to Love,” 1963.

I smile every time I read this quote. I’m hardly capable of saving humanity but I sure do feel “creatively maladjusted,” especially when I head to my studio, a place where an ADD specialist would find a enough material for a PhD. thesis. I’ve finally decided to ignore other people’s urgings that I stick to one voice/one medium -- and the work I’ve done over the past several months reflects this joyful rebellion. The result? Glad you asked. I’ve continued with the hands portraits...but nothing’s finished yet. The botanical watercolors have morphed into ink and oil monoprints. I’ve fallen in love with something called “spirit houses.“ I hope to have a couple of ‘em ready for November’s Art Attack (see below). What is finished is a series of framed 5” x 5” acrylics that are really cool, if I do say so myself. If you're thinking about holiday gifts, you might want to consider a gift of art. I'm offering gift certificates in any amount to be redeemed by the recipient whenever he/she gets around to it. You'll find 3" x 4" prints on miniature easels ($12), oils in the same size on easels ($25), framed and unframed watercolors ($45 - $75), framed acrylics ($125), and unframed oils ($400 - $600).
ART ATTACK The Northrup King Building http://www.northrupkingbuilding.com
200 artists, one location
NOVEMBER 4 5:00 - 10:00 pm
NOVEMBER 5 noon - 8:00 pm
NOVEMBER 6 noon - 5:00 pm
You’ll find me and studio mate Darrell Hagan in #427. We’d love to see you!

NEW YEAR, NEW STUDIO

I'm excited to announce the opening of my new studio. Same site...Northrup King Building in Minneapolis...but I'm no longer subleasing. Darrell Hagan and I decided to take the plunge and, in the words of my husband, "move in together" (as studio mates co-leasing the same place, that is.) You'll find us in Studio 427. We're open from 5:00 to 9:00 pm on the first Thursday of each month, by appointment, and of course for Art-A-Whirl in May. (More on that later.)
Darrell specializes in surrealism. My loves are narrative pieces in oil and botanical watercolors, with the addition of an artsy experiment every now and then. We'd love to see you.

ART ATTACK 2010

NORTHRUP KING BUILDING
NOVEMBER 5 5:00pm - 10:00 PM
NOVEMBER 6 noon - 8:00 PM
NOVEMBER 7 noon - 5:00 PM
1500 Jackson St., N.E. Minneapolis, MN 55413
CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS

November is comin' on fast and so is Art Attack, when the 200+ artists, clothing and furniture designers, photographers, and sculptors in the Northrup King Building open their studio doors to visitors and collectors alike. There'll be lots going on. I'm excited about what the Northeast Journal called "The Chamber of Steel. "Windowless Studio 459 is wall-to-wall galvanized steel...the perfect place for a huge magnetic poetry gig. According to Gregory J. Scott, Northeast Journal reporter, "...Minneapolis resident and wordsmith Dave Kapell spent a recent afternoon slapping hundreds of oversized word magnets on the chamber's cold sporadically mineral-stained walls. Kapell invented magnetic poetry--well, as much as one can invent the process of cutting up phrases in order trorearrange their words...." After you've placed your creative writing on the wall (or just enjoyed the random thoughts of others), wander down to the gallery (studio 332) where you’ll enjoy “The Nature of Ice.” This multi-artist exhibition captures the ephemeral beauty of ice in nature will be on display the entire weekend. The gallery is only a few steps away from Studio 343 where studio mates Loretta Bebeau (works on sheet rock) and Gloria Cooper (Hebrew script in acrylics) and I would love to see you and to have you see our work. I'm moving away from the hands I’ve been painting for three years and into botanical water colors. I’ve also created a lot more of my miniatures in oil. These little gems, none larger than 3" x 4", come with a wooden easel. They make great hostess gifts and stocking stuffers. And at $25 each, they're also a great way to start your own gallery of orginal art at minimal investment.



ART-A-WHIRL SPECIAL OFFER

'What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something,
because of course art is about sharing: you wouldn't be an artist
unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.'
David Hockney

I've written earlier about the classes in botanical watercolor I've been taking under the excellent tutelage of Marilyn Garber, founder of the Minnesota School of Botanical Artists. I wrote about how surprised I was to discover a discipline I didn't expect to fall in love with and about my discovery of an intense pleasure in a zen-like, focused experience. Just me, nature's gorgeous colors, and my paint brush.

I'd love to share with you the results of my studies. I'll be hanging these new watercolors in time for

ART-A-WHIRL (click here for directions)

May 14th, 5:00 - 10:00 pm
May 15th, Noon - 8:00 pm
May 16th, Noon - 5:00 pm
Northrup King Building
Studio 343

In addition I'll be offering for the first time ever an Art-A-Whirl special--50% off of selected oil paintings. If you're in the Twin Cities area the weekend of May 14, I hope you'll stop in. I'd love to visit with you!

ART ATTACK '09

Judy Westergard Studio
#343, Northrup King Bldg
1500 Jackson St., N.E.
Mpls., MN 55418

If you're in or near the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota the first weekend of November, consider visiting Art Attack, an annual open studio and gallery crawl at the Northrup King Building in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. The weekend-long event features over 200 artists working in painting and drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, custom furniture, fiber arts, metal, ceramics, glass, hand-crafted and custom jewelry, mixed media, mosaics, textiles, and more. Art Attack is an exciting opportunity to gain admission to private studios and to buy original art direct from local, nationally and internationally known artists. This 12th anniversary will feature live music, special exhibits in the gallery and on the green space and a chance to win $500 in Art Bucks which can be redeemed for art of your choice. The Northrup King Building is at 1500 Jackson St., N.E., Minneapolis. You'll find directions and more information at NorthrupKingBuilding.com. And if you come, stop in and see me and my amazing studio mates in Studio 343. I'd love to meet you!